Dekh Kabira Roya

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Dekh Kabira Roya is a 1957 romantic comedy film, directed by Amiya Chakravarty.

The tag line in the title says 'The truth is stranger than fiction. Comedy is exaggeration of truth'.

Plot summary[edit]

This Bollywood classic is a farcical comedy about the vicissitudes of modern love. Mohan (Anoop Kumar), Pradeep (Daljit), and Ranjeet (Jawahar Kaul) are three struggling artists—singer, painter, and writer, respectively—who live together in the same rooming house. Romantic hijinks ensue when the trio meet three lovely girls, Geeta (Ameeta), Rekha (Anita Guha), and Kalpana (Shubha Khote), with very specific ideas about art and love.[1] The three male friends decide to help each other out by using their talents, and utter and hilarious chaos reigns.[2]

Cast[edit]

  • Anita Guha as Rekha
  • Anoop Kumar as Mohan
  • Jawahar Kaul as Pradeep
  • Ameeta as Geeta
  • Daljeet as Ranjeet
  • Shubha Khote as Kalpana
  • Shivraj as Rekha's Father
  • Parveen Paul as Geeta's Mother
  • Sunder as the coffee house waiter who plays a central role in disentangling the situation
  • Rirkoo as Arjun, Kalpana's cricket playing brother
  • Ratan Gaurang as peon

Crew[edit]

Director: Amiya Chakrabarty

Editor: C. Ramarao

Writer: Chandrakant, Amiya Chakrabarty, Manoranjan Ghose

Producer: Amiya Chakrabarty

Music: Madan Mohan

Cinematographer: Ajit Kumar [3]

Soundtrack[edit]

The music of this film was composed by Madan Mohan. The songs were penned by Rajendra Krishan. The following is a list of songs featured in this film.

Song Singer
"Lagan Tose Lagi Balma" Lata Mangeshkar
"Meri Veena Tum Bin Roye" Lata Mangeshkar
"Hum Panchhi Mastane" Lata Mangeshkar Geeta Dutt & Seeta Agarwal
"Humse Aaya Na Gaya" Talat Mahmood
"Tum Meri Rakho Laj Hari" Sudha Malhotra
"Tu Pyar Kare Ya Thukraye" Lata Mangeshkar
"Ashqon Se Teri Humne" Asha Bhosle
"Hum Bulate Hi Rahe, Tum Jalate Hi Rahe" Asha Bhosle, Mohammad Rafi
"Bairan Ho Gayi Rain" Manna Dey
"Kaun Aaya Mere Man Ke Dware" Manna Dey

Trivia[edit]

  • Probably the only movie in which three songs are played in continuation - 'Meri Veena tum bin roye', 'Ashqon se teri hamne' and 'Tu pyar kare ya thukraye' in sequence picturized on three actresses and ending with 'Meri veena..'
  • Sunder who plays the waiter, hums the song 'Ae mere dil kahin aur chal' from 1952 movie 'Daag' , while resolving the misunderstanding at the end.

References[edit]

  1. https://movies.yahoo.com/movie/1808726628/details
  2. "Dekh Kabira Roya (1957)". Retrieved 22 January 2018 – via www.IMDb.com.
  3. "Dekh Kabira Roya (1957)". Retrieved 22 January 2018 – via www.IMDb.com.

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